Best Historical Mystery Series
1. 
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)
by:
Elizabeth Peters
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β 77,754 ratings 2. 
Her Royal Spyness (Her Royal Spyness Mysteries, #1)
by:
Rhys Bowen
3.82 avg rating β 40,101 ratings 3. 
The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #1)
by:
Laurie R. King
4.04 avg rating β 86,565 ratings 4. 
The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry, #1)
by:
Sujata Massey
3.93 avg rating β 32,495 ratings 
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One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)
by:
Ellis Peters
4.07 avg rating β 17,573 ratings 8. 
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
by:
Alan Bradley
3.82 avg rating β 176,375 ratings 9. 
Death Comes to the Village (Kurland St. Mary Mystery, #1)
by:
Catherine Lloyd
3.87 avg rating β 3,677 ratings 
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A Quiet Life in the Country (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries, #1)
by:
T.E. Kinsey
3.91 avg rating β 34,192 ratings 13. 
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Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1)
by:
Ariana Franklin
3.93 avg rating β 40,601 ratings 
16. 
Murder at the Brightwell (Amory Ames Mystery, #1)
by:
Ashley Weaver
3.78 avg rating β 9,220 ratings 
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The Germanicus Mosaic (Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain, #1)
by:
Rosemary Rowe
3.96 avg rating β 768 ratings 
26. 
A Plague on Both Your Houses (Matthew Bartholomew, #1)
by:
Susanna Gregory
3.83 avg rating β 4,837 ratings 
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Murder in the Forbidden City (Qing Dynasty Mysteries, #1)
by:
Amanda Roberts
3.93 avg rating β 548 ratings 35. 
Death Comes As Epiphany (Catherine LeVendeur, #1)
by:
Sharan Newman
3.91 avg rating β 2,039 ratings 
39. 
Murder on the Red River (Cash Blackbear Mysteries, #1)
by:
Marcie R. Rendon
3.73 avg rating β 7,905 ratings 
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The Business of Blood (The Fiona Mahoney Mysteries, #1)
by:
Kerrigan Byrne
4.15 avg rating β 2,279 ratings 
55. 
Murder at Merisham Lodge (Miss Hart and Miss Hunter Investigate, #1)
by:
Celina Grace
3.88 avg rating β 3,573 ratings 56. 
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The Heiress of Linn Hagh (Detective Lavender Mysteries, #1)
by:
Karen Charlton
4.03 avg rating β 12,080 ratings 57. 
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) 4.30 avg rating β 696,724 ratings
61. 
The Bachelor Girl's Guide to Murder (Herringford and Watts, #1)
by:
Rachel McMillan
3.46 avg rating β 1,152 ratings 
63. 
Murder at the Breakers (Gilded Newport Mysteries #1)
by:
Alyssa Maxwell
3.76 avg rating β 7,697 ratings 
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A Gentleman Fallen on Hard Times (The Lord Julian Mysteries #1)
by:
Grace Burrowes
4.31 avg rating β 2,524 ratings 
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The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes #1)
by:
Nancy Springer
3.78 avg rating β 42,409 ratings 
77. 
Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders (A Woman of WWII Mystery, #1)
by:
Tessa Arlen
3.78 avg rating β 1,811 ratings 79. 
A Girl Like You (Henrietta and Inspector Howard, #1)
by:
Michelle Cox
3.75 avg rating β 1,814 ratings 79. 
The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds (A Dizzy Heights Mystery #1)
by:
T.E. Kinsey
3.91 avg rating β 6,808 ratings 
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Murder at the Flamingo (A Van Buren and DeLuca Mystery #1)
by:
Rachel McMillan
3.38 avg rating β 816 ratings 87. 
The House at Baker Street (Mrs Hudson and Mary Watson Investigation, #1)
by:
Michelle Birkby
3.86 avg rating β 818 ratings 87. 
91. 
A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #1)
by:
Dianne Freeman
3.81 avg rating β 14,815 ratings 
92. 
Murder at Morrington Hall (A Stella and Lyndy Mystery, #1)
by:
Clara McKenna
3.80 avg rating β 3,839 ratings 94. 
No Cure for the Dead (Florence Nightingale Mystery #1)
by:
Christine Trent
3.68 avg rating β 458 ratings 
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Lady Rample Steps Out (Lady Rample Mysteries #1)
by:
ShΓ©a MacLeod
3.84 avg rating β 1,721 ratings 